The Big Sick

The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher. Gordon and Nanjiani wrote the film based on their relationship; it follows an interracial couple who must deal with cultural differences after Emily (Kazan) becomes ill. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. It began a limited theatrical release on June 23, 2017, by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate, before going wide on July 14, 2017. One of the most acclaimed films of 2017, it was chosen by American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of the year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. With a budget of $5 million, it grossed $56 million worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing independent films of 2017.

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So, maybe I'll, uh, run into you at the club sometime, and we can grab a drink?

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Um, I'm not... [ Chuckles ] I know this sounds like a line, but I'm not really, like...

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I'm not really dating right now. I just... I've got a lot of school and work and... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Just a lot on my plate. Yeah, no, I get it. Totally.

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That's perfect 'cause I'm not...

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...dating right now, either. - Okay. - Yeah.

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And I actually have a pretty strict two-day rule where I can't see someone more than two days in a row. So, since we hung out for two days, even if I were to see you again, which I won't 'cause you're not dating, I'm not dating, I wouldn't be able to see you till Monday. We haven't hung out for two days. We've hung out for about five hours. - Yeah, but... - Just to be totally clear. Yesterday and today 'cause it's after midnight.

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So, today is actually tomorrow, earlier tonight was yesterday, so two days. You see, I don't date time-nerds, so that really takes you off the table. [ Laughing ] That works out 'cause I am a hardcore time-nerd. Yeah, I can tell. I'm, like, very strict about a.m./p.m. stuff and...

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So, wait. So, just to establish, what did we decide?

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We decided we aren't ever gonna see each other again.

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Great.

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I'm glad we're on the same page.

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Look at my jeans, Kumi. They're from Citizens of Humanity. - That's the brand's name. - FATIMA: Oh. They're so soft. Touch them. KUMAIL: I don't want to touch your jeans. - AZMAT: Come on, touch them. - I'll touch them. They're like sweatpants, you know.

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You should be stylish like your father, you know. It's not very difficult. Just observe me. - Get some Daddy style. - SHARMEEN: Yeah. Kumi, why don't you grow a beard?

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Not like Naveed's, just a small one. - FATIMA: Not like his. - Maybe like mine. Small, cool, and stylish. SHARMEEN: Kumi, I've been thinking. You know, why you don't enroll for LSAT now?

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Yeah, sorry, Ma, I haven't done it yet.

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I like that you bring it up as if you've never brought it up before. How's the stand-up coming, Bhai?

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It's going fine. Thank you. Yeah, since when are you someone to stand up? You know who I think should stand up is Malala. - She has something to say. - Malala, yeah. - Ooh, I love Malala. - She has something to say. - Malala. - KUMAIL: Yeah. I know. She does open mics, and she crushes. A lot of ethnic material, which I think is a crutch, and that one story gets a lot of play, but...

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You should be on that show - Saturday Night Live. - SNL. That's a great idea. I should e-mail them. I don't know why I hadn't thought of that.

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You know, I hacked into your cousin Rehan's Facebook account. - You hacked into it? - SHARMEEN: Oh. Yeah, they were not accepting my friends request, - so I had to hack into it... - [ Laughing ] Okay. ...and I discovered that he and that white woman that he's living with are having a baby. - They're married. - Yeah, whatever. And then I hacked into Tumblr, and I discovered that they have named the baby Da-vé.

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- Can you imagine? - Dave.

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